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Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in Japan (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Financial Services startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Financial Services startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
15 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $7.8M–$343M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
14 Japan, United States, Mexico Series A, Series B Health Care, Information Technology, Software $18M–$357M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
13 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$62M
East Ventures
VC Fund
11 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $640k–$42M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $4.3M–$330M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
10 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Internet, Medical $925k–$69M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $500k–$165M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
9 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $5.9M–$302M
AG Capital
VC Fund
8 Japan Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $1.6M–$69M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $4M–$247M
D4V
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Financial Services, Software, Fashion $550k–$96M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
7 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Content, Software $343k–$73M
ANRI
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Information Technology $4.1M–$275M
Ceres
VC Fund
7 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet $3.2M–$48M
ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce $6.1M–$261M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
7 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $758k–$42M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
7 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Finance $2.7M–$70M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Content $1.5M–$55M
500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
6 Japan Seed, Series A Internet, Software, Internet of Things $2.7M–$300M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, China Series B, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $11M–$330M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
5 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Food and Beverage $2.1M–$41M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning $1M–$102M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Content, Food and Beverage $3.4M–$300M
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan Series A, Series B Information Technology, Internet, Software $1.4M–$577M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Seed Software, Internet, Biotechnology $1.5M–$151M
Japan Finance
VC Fund
4 Japan, India, Hong Kong Seed, Debt Financing Software, Internet, Information Technology $4.1M–$117M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $730k–$56M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
4 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Media and Entertainment, Software $961k–$41M
Coral Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Internet $3M–$250M
MUFG Innovation Partners
VC Fund
4 United States, Japan, Singapore Series A, Series C, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $7.5M–$103M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Internet, Information Technology, Software $12M–$357M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
4 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Food and Beverage, Content, Internet $412k–$66M
Mizuho Bank
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Debt Financing, Series A Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services $2.8M–$925M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
4 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Information Technology $412k–$23M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
4 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Information Technology
Voyage Group
VC Fund
4 Japan, India Seed, Series B Financial Services, Finance, Asset Management $6.9M–$130M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $1M–$69M
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Debt Financing, Series A Financial Services, Finance, Information Technology $5.1M–$1.1B
NOW Japan
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Information Technology $380k–$34M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, China Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Internet $1.2M–$82M
LINE Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, Thailand Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $2.4M–$549M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Fashion, Recruiting $380k–$41M
Kabu.com Securities
VC Fund
3 Japan Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A E-Commerce, SaaS, Information Technology $1.6M–$100M
KDDI
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $3.2M–$920M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
3 Japan, Estonia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Health Care, Software $1.6M–$14M
DCM Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, China, Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Internet, E-Commerce $4M–$134M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services $1.4M–$111M
DeNA
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Education, Internet $1.2M–$96M
Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan Series B, Series A Task Management, Manufacturing, Software $1.4M–$179M
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Series A $7.8M–$130M; Series B $25M–$343M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
  • Bloomo Investment — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
  • LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 309
  • Round size: Series A $18M–$165M; Series B $21M–$357M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$30M; Series A $11M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 53 in the past 12 months

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 334
  • Round size: Seed $640k–$16M; Series A $2.1M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
  • Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
  • Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 11 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 12 in the past 12 months

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$22M; Series A $11M–$91M; Series B $4.9M–$330M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Cofactr — Whether managing shortages today or planning for next year, Cofactr is the place to get all the parts you need, when you need them.
  • Delos Insurance — An insurance company which uses advanced technology and artificial intelligence to protect California homeowners from wildfires.
  • Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Internet, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $925k–$55M; Series A $14M–$69M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • LUCA Science — LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases.
  • Beer and Tech — Beer and Tech operates a website for the Phalaenopsis or foliage plant HitoHana. Norihisa Morita and Yoshiaki Ito founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Saitama in Japan.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$45M; Series A $11M–$165M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.3B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Cerby — Collaborate without chaos. Cerby helps your team be productive while protecting your brand. Secure unmanageable applications. Only with Cerby.
  • CYBO — CYBO provides products and services to understand cells deeply and to harness them widely.
  • Bondy — Bondy is an HR Tech automation platform that specializes in connecting different HR processes.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 13 in the past 12 months

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 232
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$179M; Series B $5.9M–$302M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.
  • Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
  • Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
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AG Capital
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$69M; Series A $14M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
  • Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
  • better Japan — Better is a startup to develop and operate the inheritance tax web service.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 54 in the past 12 months

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 312
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$165M; Series B $10M–$247M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Josys — Josys is an IT device and SaaS integrated management service that automates analog operations in corporate IT, reduces operational costs, and improves security levels.
  • Spiral.AI — Spiral.AI offers services for large language models, AI language model platform, and customization features for ChatGPT for businesses.
  • Pathos Logos — Pathos Logos is an HR co-creation platform that specializes in sales of SaaS and supply of human resources for corporations.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$41M; Series A $7.3M–$96M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Panalyt — Panalyt bridges the People-Data Gap, enabling real-time, uniform access to relevant people data, reports and insights for CxOs, HR and business managers.People data, including employee interactions and connections is combined with business data, catalyzing new insights and intelligence.Predictive analytics moves the business from reactive toproactive, identifying correlations and points of intervention.The People Enhanced Data movement empowers businesses to leapfrog to data-driven HR decision making, eliminating bias and improving engagement, sales effectiveness, productivity and, as a result, business performance.“Panalyt is the only multi-source analytics platform in our study that also offers ONA to analyze digital collaboration and communication based on passive data. The company further integrates sales and business data, allowing line managers to identify and focus on areas critical to them.” - RedThread Research's People Analytics Tech 2020 Report
  • SUN METALON — We localize metal part manufacturing, anywhere.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $343k–$41M; Series A $13M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 10 in the past 12 months

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $4.1M–$47M; Series A $12M–$275M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
  • YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
  • Carnot — LLM, Autonomous Agent
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$38M; Corporate Round $6.9M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CotoLab. — CotoLab is an Internet company.
  • DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
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ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 10 in the past 12 months

The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter "ITOCHU") dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles,machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Series A $6.1M–$179M; Series B $11M–$261M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eze — Wholesale Electronics: Shop Wholesale iPhones, MacBook, iPad, Samsung Watch, Apple accessories & other electronics in bulk at wholesale prices
  • ElevateBio — We provide the tools, time, and environment to innovate and accelerate development of life-saving Cell and gene therapies.
  • Veloce Energy — Veloce Energy is innovating technology and financing models to reduce physical and financial barriers to EV Charging infrastructure deployment
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $758k–$8.2M; Series A $1.8M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Jenfi — Drive growth with Jenfi's revenue-based financing. Tailored funding for marketing & expansion. Flexible repayments. Apply now.
  • MFast — MFast operates as a fintech platform. MFAST is a brand under Digital Payment Solution Joint Stock Company - DigiPay JSC.
  • Jumppoint — Founded in Hong Kong since 2020, Jumppoint developed in house its own multi-layer dynamic routing algorithm, jumppoint.ai, to offer highly efficient yet cost-saving logisitics services to B2B and B2C users, with real-time logisitcs data embeded. Beyond Hong Kong headquarters and R&D centre, Jumppoint also has extensive presence in Asia suchas Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Southeast Asia headquarters, Singapore, providing localised logsitics services.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$21M; Series A $1.5M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
  • UMAMI UNITED — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
  • Friend Microbe — Friend Mike Robe is Developing new market with microbe-related technology
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 6 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$26M; Series A $7.9M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Noin — Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.
  • Trustdock — Trustdock is a platform for identity confirmation API service in Japan. You can outsource KYC / identity confirmation via online API, complying with various laws including criminal profit transfer prevention law, antique sales law, cell phone fraud prevention use law etc. It can be used with any ID service regardless of business type, such asmatching to FinTech, shared eco, etc.
  • Connected Robotics — Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is basedin Koganei-shi, Japan.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 259
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$96M; Series B $12M–$330M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
  • CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
  • EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 5 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$41M; Angel $3.8M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirX — AirX is a management service company specializing in air transportation agency business and travel arrangement business. The company leverages technology to transform the notion of mobility into an unprecedented experience. It also provides services such as CodeShare, AIROS Skyview, and AIROS Air Loss. AirX will create the movement of the futuresociety, sightseeing and the way of life of helicopter, Empty MaaS, Flying taxi, eVTOL, and Next-generation traffic.AirX was established on February 23, 2015, and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$27M; Series A $11M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Spacely — Spacely is a cloud software that allows you to easily create, edit and manage VR web contents using photos taken with a 360 degree camera. From April 1, 2018 the service name has been changed from 3D Stylee to Spacely.
  • any. — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Content, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $3.4M–$21M; Series A $5.5M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • nat — nat develops iOS application - Scanat and provides consultation service in data strategy.
  • Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$577M; Series B $5.5M–$385M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Bloomo Investment — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 6 in the past 12 months

DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$41M; Series A $16M–$151M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
  • Cellusion — Cellular technology breakthrough for clear vision of the future.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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Japan Finance
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan, India, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $4.1M–$23M; Debt Financing $4.1M–$117M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
  • Smart Shopping — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
  • OriCiro Genomics — DNA amplification | OriCiro Cloning Kit - OriCiro Genomics, Inc.
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$48M; Series A $19M–$56M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $961k–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • FiNANCiE — FiNANCiE is a social networking service.
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Coral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$30M; Series A $7.9M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • HQ Inc — Hq is a consutling firm that works in the area of personnel organization strategy, working style office strategy and software development.
  • TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future
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MUFG Innovation Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 6 in the past 12 months

MUFG announced today the establishment of MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. (“MUIP”) that will manage corporate venture capital funds of MUFG to accelerate open innovation and strengthening partnerships with FinTech related startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Series A $7.5M–$65M; Series C $60M–$103M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Lentra — Lentra provides a secure technology platform for banking services.
  • Endowus — Licensed by MAS. Grow all your money through intelligent investment portfolios built by experts, customised to your goals. Award-winning fee-only wealth platform.
  • Lendbuzz — Lendbuzz is an AI-based auto finance platform that helps consumers with thin or no credit history obtain financing when purchasing a car. Powered by machine learning and proprietary algorithms, Lendbuzz is able to better assess the creditworthiness of consumers with limited credit history, who are underserved by the traditional banks. By partneringwith auto dealerships, Lendbuzz is able to offer consumers attractive financing solutions and dealerships are able to close additional business opportunities and serve a more diversified client base. Lendbuzz is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2015.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is one of Japan's leading venture capital firms. With its unique combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$275M; Series B $33M–$357M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $522M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.
  • Orange — About Us With a mission of Creating a world where everyone enjoys manga since our founding in 2021 Orange has been developing various manga specialized deep l
  • SUN METALON — We localize metal part manufacturing, anywhere.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $4.7M–$66M; Angel $412k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Mizuho Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax,nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Series A $2.8M–$343M; Debt Financing $12M–$925M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AdaniConneX — AdaniConneX is the largest Hyperscale Data Center provider. Avail the maximum uptime, highest energy efficiency, full scalability and security to your business and customers.
  • Varo Energy — VARO Energy is an integrated oil refiner and supplier serving North West Europe, safely and efficiently. Varo Energy is investing in this market by building a network of refineries, storage tanks and distribution channels to secure the reliable supply of oil products for heating, transportation, construction and the petrochemical industry in NorthWest Europe.
  • ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India — AM/NS India is the leading integrated flat carbon steel producer in India
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$23M; Angel $412k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
  • Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Autify — Autify - Revolutionizing Software Testing with the most advanced AI-powered Software Testing Tool
  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
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Voyage Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Voyage Group is a media and technology business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Asset Management
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$32M; Series B $96M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CO-WELL Japan — CO-WELL is Offshore development, WEB system development, Smartphone application development, laboratory development.
  • Kokopelli — Kokopelli is a Fintech start-up company that develops the management support platform "SHARES" for small and medium-sized businesses and the AI ​​loan screening engine "FAI" (* 2) that enhances credit for financial institutions.
  • ABCash Technologies — ABCash Technologies provides advice on financial products such as insurance, mortgages, and investment products.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 7 in the past 12 months

An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$69M; Series A $1M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
  • Habitto — SJML is a new financial services venture. The team and its advisors have a breadth of experience ranging from insurance, banking, e-commerce, adtech and ventures across five continents. This provides them with a unique approach to entering new markets and building valuable businesses.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 19 in the past 12 months

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Series A $5.1M–$920M; Debt Financing $14M–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Boston Properties — Boston Properties, Inc. is an integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is an owner and developer of office properties in the United States. The Company’s properties are concentrated in five markets: Boston, New York, Princeton, San Francisco and Washington, DC. As of December 31, 2012, theCompany owned or had interests in 157 properties, totaling approximately 44.4 million net rentable square feet, including seven properties under construction totaling approximately 2.8 million net rentable square feet. In March 2012, the Company acquired 100 Federal Street in Boston, Massachusetts from an affiliate of Bank of America, N.A. On March 1, 2012, the Company acquired 453 Ravendale Drive. On October 4, 2012, the Company acquired Fountain Square. In June 2013, Sungate Fifth Avenue LLC and 767 LLC, acquired a 40% interest in the General Motors Building located in New York, from joint venture partners of Boston Properties Inc.
  • GuocoLand Limited — GuocoLand Limited ("GuocoLand"​ or "GLL"​), is a public company listed on the Singapore Exchange since 1978. The principal activity of GuocoLand Limited is that of an investment holding company. The principal business activities of its subsidiaries are property development, property investment, hotel operations, propertymanagement and activities relating thereto. As a premier regional property company, GLL is focused on achieving scalability, sustainability and growth in its core markets through its property development, investment and management businesses.
  • Satya MicroCapital — Satya MicroCapital is an NBFC-MFI that offers collateral-free credit to micro enterprises on the basis of strong credit assessment and a centralised approval system.SATYA started its microfinance operations by adopting the “Joint Liability Group (JLG) Model” with adequate use of technology and new adaptations. JLGs of SATYA means implementationsof Joint Liability of group members which exists up to 10 instalments in Bi-Weekly collections. The Company believes in the ideology to bring social touch and high technology in the Indian microfinance industry.The JLG lending operation mainly focuses on a woman (in case of SATYA, her husband acts as co-borrower) through a credit product that allows her to start a new business or enhance her existing business as well. SATYA provides prompt, convenient and affordable collateral-free credit to people at the bottom of the pyramid through a strong credit assessment and centralized approval.The Company started its microfinance operation from Sikandrabad Branch, Bulandshar District of Uttar Pradesh and the first token disbursement was done in November 2016. SATYA utilized demonetization as an opportunity to rework on the business strategy through cashless transactions. SATYA is an institution build with a vision of change, transformation and will be a differentiator in financial inclusion space and its approach is well recognized by industry experts and professionals across different sectors. SATYA is committed to being a socially responsible organization with a focus on Health, Education, Financial Literacy, Nasha-Mukt Samaaj, Gender Equality, and Swachh Bharat. The Company is spreading social awareness messages in its area of operations.
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Marketing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$18M; Series A $5M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
  • Bé-A Japan — Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
  • Sixty Percent — Sixty Percent is an overseas fashion mail order site that collects street brands from various countries and transmits asian fashion.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$32M; Series A $3M–$82M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • MedUp — MedUp operates foro CRM, a SaaS CRM tool that provides hospitals with sales and marketing support, data analysis and visualization, and more.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
  • Sumutasu — sumutasu is an online real estate marketplace that enables users to quickly buy and sell their properties.
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LINE Ventures
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

LINE Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in games, internet advertising, and flexible investment fields.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$549M; Series B $10M–$165M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Mellia — Mellia is a beauty company that provides cosmetics, body care products, and supplements.
  • Stacked — Watch videos with your people on Stacked.
  • Sunday — Founded in Thailand in 2017, Sunday is the first full-stack InsurTech group adopting data models and technology to offer multiple insurance products and services across the entire customer journey. The company provides auto insurance, health insurance, and travel insurance.Sunday reinvents the entire insurance offering and experience to ensurethat customers' needs are met anytime, anywhere.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $989k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • ONE NOVA — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • vivid garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Kabu.com Securities
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

It operates as an online securities company in Japan. It holds patents related to order placement, asset management, and financial products intermediary services

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Robot Fund — Robot Fund is a provider of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) solutions for asset management businesses.
  • Crowd Realty — Crowd Realty (Cloud Realty) is an investment-type crowdfunding marketplace specializing in real estate. With the age-changing city as the era, businesses and investors will be able to realize their ideas, offering an unprecedented investment place.
  • xenodata lab — xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of ​​creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

KSK Angel Fund is a venture capital firm that offers data about the technology for services sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$41M; Series A $2.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
  • Tippsy — Largest selection of sake delivered to you. Tippsy makes finding good sake easy and fun! Free shipping 6+ bottles. Sake club subscription offers special perks such as member-exclusive discounts, virtual sake tasting as well as a beginner's guide.
  • Terra Motors — Terra Motors is an electric car manufacturing company that utilizes IoT and digitally connecting EV mobility. They develop the global enterprise for global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that have brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at thefamous electronic retail stores, do-it-yourself stores, bicycle stores, car stores, and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market.In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.
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KDDI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$920M; Series B $3.2M–$618M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.7B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yogo Robot — Yogo Robot is a robotics company dedicated to developing automated delivery solutions. Yogo Robot offers an open, extensive, and versatile multi-robot ecological system that consists of smart delivery stations, robotic couriers, and Internet of Things devices. The system boosts efficiency in last-mile delivery and provides a more seamless userexperience than ever before. Yogo Robot is transforming how goods are transported and reimagining how humans and robots will coexist in the future by enabling the delivery industry with cutting-edge robotic technology at the terminal end.
  • WHYNOT Media — content franchise for the new generation
  • Telexistence — TELEXISTENCE Inc. aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics. Innovator means new stuff. And scale means big, systematic ways of looking things done in a way that’s reproducible.
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Estonia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • Webacy — A safer web3 for everyone
  • pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
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DCM Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups, 10 in the past 12 months

DCM Ventures assists entrepreneurs in building companies that will change how institutions and people use and live with technology.DCM Ventures focuses on the size of its team, the money they raise, and the investments they make all so that it can focus on the business of helping portfolio companies succeed. Collectively, the DCM investingpartners have over a century of investing and operational experience and each DCM partner has experience building hyper-growth startups into billion-dollar businesses.DCM Ventures manages ten funds totaling $4.0 billion and has made investments in more than 400 technology companies across the United States and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM provides hands-on operational guidance and a vast network of global business and financial resources to its portfolio companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 368
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$24M; Series B $8M–$53M; Series C $8.5M–$134M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
  • BentoML — BentoML is the platform for software engineers to build AI products.
  • FancyTech — FancyTech creates social media data analytics software that is intended to give users marketing options. Its software creates reports and placement recommendations for marketing, allowing users to target a wider, more relevant clientele.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$25M; Series A $1.4M–$111M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $343M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Sollective — Sollective is an invite-only freelancer network where companies can directly hire talent inside and outside of Japan. Sollective connects freelancers and companies that are ready to work together to maximize each's potential and lead the business to success.
  • Orange — About Us With a mission of Creating a world where everyone enjoys manga since our founding in 2021 Orange has been developing various manga specialized deep l
  • Gojo & Company — We are enabling financial inclusion for everyone by partnering with financial service providers.
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DeNA
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Education, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$96M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tané — Crypto builders incubator. Nurture the soil for Web3.
  • Buzzreach — Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company.
  • JustInCase — justInCase, Inc. is the first pure InsurTech insurance company started its business in July 2018 in Japan. justInCase was founded by experienced actuaries and data scientists. justInCase provides AI based smartphone insurance, API based accident insurance, P2P insurance, COVID-19 insurance, as well as AI based healthtech insurance.
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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund · Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Financial Services startups

Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$36M; Series B $55M–$179M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
  • Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
  • SmartRyde — October 5, 2021 Bloomberg featured CEO Sota Kimura's thoughts on the company's founding and future business development. March 19, 2021 What We Do to Protect Our Customer All staff are required to wear masks. Provision of alcohol-based disinfectants in
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Financial Services Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 245 deals from 431 investors.

431
investors
in Japan Financial Services startups
245
deals
in Japan Financial Services startups
$36M
median round
in Japan Financial Services startups
20%
lead investors
lead at least one round
21%
Seed
most common funding stage
85/15
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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